Also, the endorsement does not appear, at least yet, to have had an overly energizing effect on Obama's Democratic base, with only 24 percent more likely to vote for him. Republicans showed a more passionate response, with 52 percent saying they would be less likely to vote for him.

Overall, though, gay marriage does not figure to be a major issue in the election, with 60 percent of those polled saying it would have no effect on their vote.

The poll does show, however, that 51 percent overall do approve of his endorsement. That runs in line with the 50 percent that said they supported it in the Gallup poll this week.

Gallup

Obama's endorsement did not come without political risk, especially in key swing states and key demographics that propelled him to win the 2008 election.

Isn’t if funny how the homo-Nazis always scream at us that their “civil rights” should never be put up for a vote, and yet they and their compliant media are constantly taking and pointing to votes (polls) on their “civil rights?”

Not to worry. The typical Obama voter will forget all about this before November, unless it is something they want. If not, they will forget about it when offered the cigarettes to hop on the voting bus.

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posted on 05/11/2012 2:32:27 PM PDT
by Ingtar
("As the light begins to fade in the city on the hill")

"It has to be a little troubling that a quarter of Independents say they are less likely to vote for him now. It's also rather strange, considering this Gallup poll from this week that found that 57 percent of Independents think gay marriage should be legal."

Maybe it has something to do with the political pandering and the idea that the guy is a prostitute who will say or do anything to get himself elected.

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posted on 05/11/2012 2:33:21 PM PDT
by Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)

Anecdotal, I know, but he definitely lost the vote of both of my parents over it. We can’t discuss politics in our house, as we are on opposite sides, so it’s better just to avoid discussing politics specifically than getting into fights about it. I’ve found it best to just keep it in the realm of “they all suck, we should vote them all out.” That’s the tact I’ve been taking for a couple of months, thinking if I could just get them to leave the presidential part blank, rather than voting for 0bama again, at least that would be some progress. However, last night, when she was watching the news, my mom volunteered that “He my vote with that, Dad’s too”. I gave my usual “politicians are terrible, etc.” and she volunteered looking at voting for Ron Paul. Baby steps, I guess.

The internal polls Obama's campaign are seeing must be even worse than what is being published today by Rasmussen. That is the only explanation for the calculated flip-flop on this issue by Obama - along with the well-timed hit piece on Romney's purported high school "gay-bashing" incident, which by the way is falling to pieces under scrutiny.

Right now the Obama crowd are frantically rushing to shore up the far-Left base as they know they are rapidly hemorrhaging the independents. They are going to need every work-shy, shiftless, no-account, socialist bum this November.

“The internal polls Obama’s campaign are seeing must be even worse than what is being published today by Rasmussen”

You can only come to that conclusion after looking at the splinter groups he has been trying target. Single women, students, environmental groups and the gay vote.
A sure sign of weakness. They are scared in the White House.

I have mixed feelings about the 24/7 MSN coverage of Obama’s gay moment. On one hand, there are real issues like the size of government, over-regulation, the deficit, etc. that should be news. On the other hand, everyone knows Barry’s on the dark side which is driving his poll numbers down.

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posted on 05/11/2012 3:24:15 PM PDT
by Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)

>>Obama has nothing to gain from this. He is either a dumbass or he already concluded that hell lose the election and wants to go down in flames making a statement.<<

IMO.
Obama doesn’t care about votes because he is expecting that either
1. he will cheat to a win
2. he will buy a win

The announcement was made to get more cash from the Hollywood fundraiser and it worked. Obama, his communist friends, his Muslim pals, George Soros and his Chicago ilk are playing chess.
In the meantime, we are wondering which checker to move.

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posted on 05/11/2012 3:27:19 PM PDT
by netmilsmom
(Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)

THERE IS MORE TO THIS STORY:
1- Obama was planning this announcement for weeks, how else would he already have these items to go on the web.
2  The reporter for the interview was chosen because she was black and gay.
3  The Hollywood fundraiser jumped from $10 million to $15 million in the last two days before the party, same day as the announcement.
4  Obama campaign had fundraising e-mails ready to go out, one per day since then.

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posted on 05/11/2012 3:40:06 PM PDT
by netmilsmom
(Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)

I have to agree, over the past few weeks he’s done a number of apparently stupid things, guaranteed to lose votes, yet he just keeps on keepin’ on. In a way, it might be a good thing for us since a winning vote count from his Spanish company that is completely out of sync with what polls have indicated might finally shine some light on him that even the most liberal democrat couldn’t ignore.

More and more, I hear the refrain: ‘We won’t be able to vote ourselves out of this mess.’ Now that DHS has ordered 450 million rounds of .40 cal. JHP and all those bulletproof guard shacks I think even the government agrees and expects some push-back.

I don’t know whether to be glad or sad that I’m too old to be of any use in the upcoming festivities. I worry about my grandchildren though.

WOW. Great analysis on this pollaganda!
25% GOP and 36% Dem is a sample that is 10% skewed for Obama, and it is also an ‘Adult’ not ‘likely voter’ poll. This poll is biased towards making it look better for Obama than it really is.

I dont believe for a second the GOP “less likely” number, this is from people who were not going to vote for him anyway, but it is probable this will solidify GOP opposition. Likewise, the Democrat “more likely” is probably votes he would get any way.

The real clue is that the independent numbers are 2X in the less likely than more likely. 23% vs 10%.

Obama has lost independent voters and solidified GOP opposition, all so he could pander to the left wing social liberals he already has in his pocket. Wow, does any of us want that strategic brilliant mind (sarc alert) as our CinC???!?

“Right now the Obama crowd are frantically rushing to shore up the far-Left base as they know they are rapidly hemorrhaging the independents. They are going to need every work-shy, shiftless, no-account, socialist bum this November. “

Yeah, that’s what I think too. Total desperation to bring in Hollweird/homo money since no one else is donating, and he’s also trying to solidify his rapidly shrinking lib base too. I think he’s hemorrhaging blue collar voters (even some union ones), Jewish voters, and probably now quite a few Hispanic voters, which I was never convinced were that much in his corner to begin with. Plus, he’s got to be losing some Af-Am voters over the gay issue now. They might not vote Romney but some may sit out the election all together instead. And that could be a good thing for non-Presidential contests if a lot of dispirited former-Obama lovers just stay home altogether.

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posted on 05/11/2012 8:21:14 PM PDT
by catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)

most of ths corrupt media will try and tell us that most of the younger people accept it and the same for the mostly older people and yet all my kids and friends who have two of their friends sleeping over right now have all said they do not support it and neither do their pals.
the likes of Megyn Kelly and others on FOX will try and tell us that cross dressing and being a queer is normal and they should have marriage equality and yet most of us are waking up that they are nothing but liars including on FOX.

LJ am surprised that even today there are still one or two out there which refuse to think that Kelly on FOX is not pro homo, it really does amaze me.

Hope i can get back to you soon , hopefully I’ll have my own computer soon and not have to one borrow from time to time

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posted on 05/12/2012 6:41:57 PM PDT
by manc
(Marriage is between one man and one woman,It's not a conservative view but a true American view)

I know a gay guy that’s against gay marriage but afraid to admit it. Weird, I know. But he says the gay lifestyle has nothing to do with traditional marriage. At least he’s honest. We got to know each other when people at work were talking about abortion a few years back and I said it was horrible. He backed me up and agreed. We were accused of being the gay guy and woman against women’s rights! I’m glad I don’t work there anymore! He also showed me his Republican registration card. I was kind of shocked. He said he’s not a âgay rightsâ voter but a fiscal conservative. What can I say? At least it’s one less Obama vote.

just talkin to the misses and she has been reading some threads on here and we’re convinced we have some idiots who seem to see some airhead on Tv, shiny legs and just sit there and drool due to them never having a decent looking woman in their life and while they drool they seem to not grasp what is being said to them

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posted on 05/12/2012 6:58:33 PM PDT
by manc
(Marriage is between one man and one woman,It's not a conservative view but a true American view)

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